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The bark of the tree Corynanthe yohimbe (Rubiaceae), indigenous to the Cameroons and the Congo Republic (formerly French Congo), has been used in the treatment of arteriosclerosis and is said to be an aphrodisiac. The princi-... 

Includes mine capacity of 1000 tons for Republic of Congo (Brazzaville), a centrally planned economy. 

Table 2 lists the distribution of HIV/AIDS in various regions of the world. The heavy infection level in sub-Saharan Africa is the result of several factors. First, the disease probably originated there. The oldest HIV sample came from the Republic of the Congo in 1959, but most researchers believe AIDS had been killing people many decades before then. Second, most of the countries in sub-Saharan Africa are underdeveloped and have lacked the resources to fight the disease or implement effective prevention plans. This region of the world now has 70% of the global total of HIV-infected people but only 10% of the world s... 

In 1995, an outbreak of Ebola VHF affected more than three hundred people in and around the city of Kikwit in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (the former Zaire) and approximately 80 percent of the victims died. An international investigation team worked with local authorities to introduce VHF isolation precautions as well as standard precautions. When the types of precaution featured in the manual mentioned above were installed in Kikwit, no further nosocomial (hospital) transmission of the Ebola virus was documented. 

Democratic Republic of Congo. It contained low-enriched uranium with a U-235 content of 19.9% —just below the 20% threshold defining highly enriched uranium. It is uncertain whether the rod was ever recovered. 

Notice how conspicuous the second paragraph is. By allowing it to stand alone, the writer has made even clearer her emphasis on the cost of independence for the Republic of Congo. 

Chinese metals companies and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, involving development of infrastructure in return for commitments of significant quantities of base metals, has been put in abeyance until base metal values improve to the point where development of mines and their associated infrastructure is economically more advantageous than simply buying base metals from available providers. 

As at 1 November 2004, the 1988 Convention had been ratified, acceded to or approved by 170 States, as well as formally confirmed by the European Community (extent of competence article 12). Those States parties represent 88 per cent of the countries in the world. Since the report of the Board for 2003 on the implementation of article 12 was issued, the following States have become parties to the 1988 Convention Congo, Lao People s Democratic Republic and Micronesia (Federated States of). 

Nasraoui, M., Toulkeridis, T., Clauer, N. Bilal, E. 2000. Differentiated hydrothermal and meteoric alterations in the Lueshe carbonatite complex (Democratic Republic of Congo) identified by a REE study combined with a sequential acid-leaching experiment. Chemical Geology, 165, 109-132. 

The principal aluminum-producing areas of the world, in addition to the United States and Europe, are Canada, Venezuela, Brazil, Norway, Australia, and the Republic of the Congo. In the United States the remaining plants are located in the slates of Washington, Oregon, and New York, along the Mississippi, and where water power generation is still available at somewhat reduced cost. 

Radium occurs in pitchblende, and in camolile along with uranium. Radium was first obtained from the uranium residues of pitchblende of. loachimsthal. the Czech Republic and Slovakia, later from carnotite of southwestern Colorado and eastern Utah. Richer ores have been found in Republic of Congo and in the Great Bear region of northwestern Canada. 

Tantalum is found in a number of oxide minerals, which almost invariably also contain niobium (columbium). The most important tantalum-bearing minerals are tantalite and columbite. which are variations of the same natural compound (Fe, Mn)(Ta, Nb Og. Much of the tantalum concentrates has been obtained as a byproduct from tin mining in recent years, tin slags, which are a byproduct of the smelting of cassiierite ores, such as those found in the Republic of Congo. Nigeria, Portugal. Malaya, and Thailand have been an important raw material source for tantalum. 

Because of reports of severe hyperthyroidism after the introduction of iodized salt in two severely iodine-deficient African counties (Zimbabwe and the Democratic Republic of the Congo), a multicenter study has been conducted in seven countries in the region to evaluate whether the occurrence of iodine-induced hyperthyroidism after the introduction of iodized salt was a generalized phenomenon or corresponded to specific local circumstances in the two affected countries (46). Iodine deficiency had been successfully eliminated in all of the areas investigated and the prevalence of goiter had fallen markedly. However, it was clear that some areas were now exposed to iodine excess as a result of poor monitoring of the quality of iodized salt and of the iodine intake of the population. In these areas, iodine-induced hyperthyroidism occurred only when iodized salt had been recently introduced. 

That is where the problem arises. One of the world s biggest sources of coltan is in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, an impoverished African nation where most people live on about 20 cents a day. As more people around the world use cell phones and computers, manufacturers need more coltan and are willing to pay high prices to get it. 

The Board is seriously concerned about evidence that Africa has become a major area used for the diversion of precursors of amphetamine-type stimulants. During the period 2006-2007, participants in Project Prism and Operation Crystal Flow identified numerous suspicious shipments to Africa, where the consignments were to be diverted, or to North America or Oceania. In total, over 75 tons of ephedrine and pseudoephedrine were prevented from being diverted to or through Africa. The Democratic Republic of the Congo alone was the destination of seven stopped shipments involving a total of 23 tons of pseudoephedrine in 2007. 

Regional Office for Africa, located in Brazzaville, Republic of Congo... 

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